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The Alumni Association invites alumni, students and all friends of the university to flash back and fast-forward at UMass Remix on Saturday, April 21 from 4-10 p.m.
The fun begins with the Student and Alumni Mixer and continues with an evening of nationally recognized food, beverages and live...

Four graduate students learned about Congress, the federal budget process and effective science communication during the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop hosted March 18-20 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington D.C.
Evan Kuras, a...

Nine faculty and students from the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, along with several alumni, took part in the 42nd annual conference of the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) held March 14-17 in Atlanta.
Faculty members John H. Bracey, Jr., Agustin Lao-Montes, Amilcar...

Alumnus Joe Salvatore, a playwright, director and faculty member of the Program in Educational Theatre at New York University, will present “How Did We Get Here?: Using Verbatim Documentary Theatre to Make Sense of Our Contemporary Political Landscape” on Tuesday, March 20 from 4-5:30 p.m. in Old Chapel.

Because of unforeseen events, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has postponed the awarding of an honorary degree to alumnus and Amherst native Leonard Gardner, 96, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The College of Natural Sciences (CNS) has announced the establishment of the Mahoney Alumni Award for the iCons Program, an annual award to be bestowed to one alumna or alumnus of the Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program who demonstrates application of the attitudes, knowledge and...

Akshaya Shanmugam, a UMass Amherst alumna and CEO and co-founder of Lumme Inc., an Amherst-based spinoff company, has been recognized in Forbes’s list of 30 under 30 for Healthcare.
Shanmugam, who earned her master’s degree and doctorate in electrical and computer engineering at...

Michael A. Leto, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations and executive director of the UMass Amherst Foundation, who led the university to historic, record-setting levels of philanthropic support during his tenure, has announced his retirement, effective in June 2019. A search...